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Database Engineer

Summary

The job is for an AWS Postgres Database Engineer with Python on a contract to hire/long-term basis. The role involves enhancing, maintaining, and supporting critical data platforms based on Postgres, serving as a technical leader in Postgres and Python, and working occasional Saturday mornings for deployments.

Requirements

• 5+ years as a Postgres DBA/DBE, with significant experience in AWS RDS Postgres or Aurora Postgres
• 3+ years of professional Python development experience
• Proficiency in AWS services including Lambda, Fargate, and experience with RDS Postgres or Aurora Postgres

Responsibilities

• Enhance, maintain, and support enterprise data platforms based on Postgres
• Serve as a Postgres and Python expert, providing technical leadership and guidance
• Develop, maintain, monitor, and tune Postgres databases on AWS
• Implement and manage AWS services such as Lambda and Fargate
• Create and maintain Jenkins Job pipelines for CI/CD
• Utilize Python, including boto3, for development and scripting tasks
• Work with Unix shell scripting and SFTP for automation and data transfer tasks
• Use Git for version control and manage code repositories
• Apply Scrum principles in an enterprise environment to ensure agile project delivery
• Participate in occasional Saturday morning deployments, as required

Preferred Qualifications

Additional experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Elastic Container Service, EC2, or S3 is desirable